US adds five Chinese companies to export restrictions list over human rights abuses
Jun 24, 2021, at 02:21 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The US government placed five Chinese companies on its Entity List that restricts their ability to receive exports, the Commerce Department said in a document.
Canadian Association of Journalists launches Indigenous Reporters Network
Jun 24, 2021, at 03:46 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) has launched the Indigenous Reporters Network (IRN), with an aim to bring together both emerging and established Indigenous journalists, to build online and offline communities within the CAJ, and to train them at every career stage with opportunities in the development of their skills, participation in CAJ events and professional development, and building new connections with their peers across the country.
Ottawa, Beijing spar over China’s treatment of Uyghurs
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:22 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Ottawa and Beijing sparred over human rights issues in the others’ countries, with Canada pushing China at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting for free access to Xinjiang province to investigate alleged human rights violations against the Uyghur people.
UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples implementation becomes Canadian law
Jun 23, 2021, at 05:04 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act has received Royal Assent and immediately came into force affirming the human rights of indigenous peoples.
US: Shooting in Colorado leaves 3 dead
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:28 pm
Washington/Xinhua: Three people were killed Monday in a shooting in the City of Arvada, U.S. state of Colorado, authorities said.
Countering China: US planning to build combat-ready standing force on Australia's doorstep
Jun 22, 2021, at 04:54 am
Beijing: The US is looking to set up a combat-ready standing force on Australia's doorstep, an effort seen as a move to counter China's increasing presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Canada: Shooting during toddler's birthday party leaves 3 children, 2 adults hurt
Jun 20, 2021, at 11:00 pm
Toronto: At least five people, including three children, were hurt during a shooting incident in Canadian city of Toronto on Saturday.
'Champ' the beloved German Shephard of Bidens dies; US President, First Lady say 'we will miss him'
Jun 20, 2021, at 08:22 am
Wasington/IBNS: US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have announced the death of their pet, Champ, who lived with them for 13 years. The Bidens described the German Shepherd as their “constant, cherished companion”.
US locks down Kabul embassy amid Covid surge
Jun 19, 2021, at 04:19 pm
Kabul: Amid a rising Covid-19 surge in Afghanistan, especially in capital Kabul, the US embassy has ordered a near-complete lockdown. At least one embassy staffer succumbed to the Covid-19, 114 are in isolation and several have been evacuated on medical grounds, according to US newswires.
One person die, 12 hurt in shooting spree in Arizona: Police
Jun 18, 2021, at 02:49 pm
Washington/Sputnik: One person has died and another 12 have been injured in several shooting incidents in the US state of Arizona, local police said.
Canada's inflation rate rises to 3.6 per cent, highest level in decade: Statistics Canada
Jun 17, 2021, at 05:29 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's inflation rate rose to 3.6 percent in May, the fastest pace in a decade, Statistics Canada said.
US rights group asks Hilton hotels to drop Xinjiang project
Jun 17, 2021, at 05:12 am
Washington: The US-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has called on Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide Holdings to drop plans to build a Hilton Hotel in China’s Xinjiang region on the site of a bulldozed and desecrated mosque.
Biden, Putin to hold talks in Switzerland's Geneva amid widening differences
Jun 16, 2021, at 09:15 pm
Geneva: US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are going to meet at Geneva, Switzerland for their first ever meeting Wednesday, media reports said.
Mike Pompeo says COVID-19 leaked from Wuhan lab
Jun 15, 2021, at 04:59 am
Washington: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he believed the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak out of a lab in Wuhan.
Jun 15, 2021, at 04:54 am
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the World Health Organization's first study on the coronavirus pandemic's origins "highly deficient", a statement which is believed to be strong enough to put Beijing on the backfoot.
Canada to donate 100mln COVID-19 shots as part of G7 supply plan to developing states
Jun 14, 2021, at 04:06 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that the country's portion in the G7 common initiative of coronavirus vaccine supplies to the world's developing nations would be 100 million doses.
US President Joe Biden says G7 infrastructure project is an alternative to China's BRI
Jun 14, 2021, at 02:34 am
London/UNI: US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the G7's new infrastructure initiative would be a better option for developing countries than China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
One dead, 9 injured in Chicago shooting: Reports
Jun 13, 2021, at 12:55 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: One person was shot dead and nine people sustained injuries in a shooting in the US city of Chicago, the ABC 7 Chicago broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing police.
Jun 13, 2021, at 12:14 pm
New York/IBNS: Indian origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan along with two other contributors has won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting that revealed vast infrastructure of prisons and mass internment camps secretly built by China for confining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in its Xinjiang region.
US, Taiwan officials discuss trade during virtual meet
Jun 13, 2021, at 05:36 am
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai recently met virtually with Taiwan Minister-Without-Portfolio John Deng.
Canada to supply up to 100mln COVID vaccine doses as part of G7 1bln dose pledge, says envoy
Jun 12, 2021, at 02:49 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Canada will contribute up to 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as part of a Group of Seven pledge to donate 1 billion doses to developing nations, Canada’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Ralph Goodale said.
US expresses concern over China's 'unfair and market-distorting' industrial policies
Jun 11, 2021, at 11:04 pm
Washington: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo held an introductory call on Thursday with the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China Wang Wentao when she expressed concern over Beijing's 'unfair and market-distorting industrial policies'.
US, allies aim to revive Blue Dot Network to counter China's BRI
Jun 10, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Washington: US has joined its allies to revive the Blue Dot Network to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Targeting China: Florida guv Ron DeSantis signs bills to curb foreign influence
Jun 10, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Particularly targeting China, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the USA has signed into law a few bills which aim to curb the influence of foreign governments on state agencies and higher-education institutions.
Jun 10, 2021, at 05:20 am
Washington/IBNs: US President Joe Biden has scrapped the Trump-era executive order to ban popular apps Tikok and WeChat and ordered a Commerce Department review to examine security risks posed by such foreign controlled applications to the people of the United States and their data, according to media reports.
UFOs repeatedly 'took offline' US nuclear capabilities: Ex-Chief of Pentagon Secret Unit
Jun 10, 2021, at 03:58 am
Washington/Sputnik: Unidentified flying objects (UFO) have repeatedly meddled with US nuclear technology, forcing some facilities to go offline, ex-head of Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, Luis Elizondo, told The Washington Post.
Canada Hate Crime: Four members of a 'Muslim' family mowed down by truck
Jun 08, 2021, at 03:15 pm
Four members of a 'Muslim' family were killed in an alleged hate crime after a man 'intentionally' ran his truck over five waiting at an intersection in the Canadian city of London in southwestern Ontario on Sunday, media reports said.
New York: Subway system was targeted by Chinese-linked hackers
Jun 06, 2021, at 04:20 pm
New York: A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) document has revealed that New York’s subway system was targeted by hackers with links to the Chinese government in April, media reports said.
Donald Trump blames Joe Biden administration for ‘humiliation’ US currently faces
Jun 06, 2021, at 03:30 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Former US President Donald Trump has blamed the administration of Joe Biden for an array of issues the country is currently facing, saying at the Republican Party convention in North Carolina that the US is being "demeaned and humiliated."
Jun 05, 2021, at 04:53 pm
New York: Independent UN human rights experts on Friday urged Canadian authorities and the Holy See of the Catholic Church to conduct prompt “full-fledged investigations” into a mass grave found in British Columbia containing the remains of over 200 children at a residential school for indigenous students, who had been forcibly taken from their homes.